On April 10, Beijing time, the Rockets narrowly defeated the Wizards 114-109 in the regular season finale, ending the season with a three-game winning streak. The victory didn't change the Rockets' rankings, and because the Spurs also won, the Rockets were still in the bottom spot in the West and second from the bottom in the league. In terms of rankings, the Rockets' swing this season has been very successful, but the Rockets management is very unhappy with coach Silas. As soon as the game ended, the news from the Rockets side that Silas was out of class could be said to be a very sudden situation!
Shams reports that Sellars was fired by the Rockets, who began seeking a new manager. The news came suddenly, perhaps they had already decided before the game, waiting for the end of the game to be announced immediately. Woj later revealed details of Silas' dismissal, and it is reported that the Rockets refused to carry out Sellars' fourth-year contract option, ending Silas' three-year tenure with the Rockets. Perhaps the Rockets' management has had enough of Sellars and doesn't want to give him even the final year of his contract. All the way, Silas!
This is Sellars' third season with the Rockets and the third year in a row, with the Rockets having a combined 59-117 record over three seasons. The Rockets have not been without gains in the past three years, and Green, Smith, Shenjing and other rookies are also considered the best among their peers, but under Silas, the Rockets seem to be stuck in a rotten cycle, the team is always rotten, never making people see hope. It was true that the Rockets invited Sellars to rebuild in the first place, but it is believed that he was also given a certain deadline and goal, and now it seems that the deadline has expired and the goal has not been achieved. Although the Rockets currently have the highest probability of 14%, if Sellars is still in charge, I am afraid that next season will continue to rot like this season.
Since ancient times, rotten has never been a taboo thing in the NBA, and many times it is even more public. Acquiring a talented superstar through swing is the best shortcut to the team's rebuild. For example, the Spurs got Duncan in '97, followed by a championship the following season, which is the best example. But the rotten is blindly "rotten", while the rotten get a bad record, it is also necessary to train the original people and horses, as well as the strengthening of techniques and tactics, so that only the superstar needs to come and take off immediately. But under Silas we don't see that, all we see is the Rockets' disorganized offense and defense, a large group of young players squandering talent, so when will they cash in on their talent?
Even if the Rockets can win the Bandama this season, they need a good coach to coach him, and it's clear that the Rockets don't think Sellars is a good fit. At the beginning, Harden was about to leave the team, and the Rockets owner signed Silas, who he thought was "good quality and cheap", but he didn't expect that in the end it was only cheap, but fortunately, the Rockets did not delay too long, and it was not too late to make amends. After Sellars was fired, new coaches for the Rockets also surfaced, including former Lakers coach Vogel, as well as Nas, Uduka and Atkinson, all alternatives.
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